Vytautas (given name)
Vytautas is a pre-Christian Lithuanian given name derived from East Baltic roots vyti/vyd "chase, pursuer; to see" and tauta "land; country," first attested from Vytautas the Great. This name has become a popular Lithuanian masculine given name.
In other languages
In Slavic languages, its Polish form is Witold, which later on was rendered as Vitold in Belarusian, Vitoldas in Lithuanian, and Vitol'd in Russian.Other forms became Vytaut, Witowt and Vitovt.
Notable people
Notable people with the name Vytautas or Vitautas include:- Vytautas Andriuškevičius, Lithuanian footballer
- Vytautas Apanavičius, Lithuanian football midfielder
- Vytautas Babravičius or Simas, Lithuanian country and folk rock musician
- Vytautas Bacevičius, Lithuanian composer
- Vytautas Barkauskas, Lithuanian composer and music educator
- Vytautas Beliajus, Lithuanian folk dancer and instructor
- Vytautas Pranas Bičiūnas, Lithuanian painter, theatre actor, writer and literary critic
- Vytautas Briedis, Lithuanian rower and Olympic medalist
- Vytautas Bubnys, Lithuanian writer and politician
- Vytautas Bulvičius, Lithuanian military officer, major of the General Staff, and leader of the anti-Soviet Lithuanian Activist Front
- Vytautas Butkus, Lithuanian rower and Olympic medalist
- Vytautas Čekanauskas, Lithuanian architect
- Vytautas Černiauskas, Lithuanian football goalkeeper
- Vytautas "Vitas" Gerulaitis, American tennis player
- Vytautas Andrius Graičiūnas, Lithuanian management theorist, management consultant and engineer
- Vytautas Janulionis, Lithuanian glass artist
- Vytautas Janušaitis, Lithuanian swimmer and Olympic competitor
- Vytautas Kazimieras Jonynas, Lithuanian artist, sculptor, illustrator and furniture designer
- Vytautas Juozapaitis, Lithuanian singer
- Vytautas Kavolis, Lithuanian/American sociologist, literary critic and historian
- Vytautas Kernagis, Lithuanian singer-songwriter, bard, actor, director and television announcer
- Vytautas Klova, Lithuanian composer and educator
- Vytautas Kolesnikovas, Lithuanian painter, graphic artist and politician
- Vytautas Kubilius, Lithuanian literary critic and political activist
- Vytautas Lalas, Lithuanian professional strongman competitor
- Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuanian politician and parliamentarian
- Vytautas Lukša, Lithuanian footballer
- Vytautas Mačernis, Lithuanian existentialist poet
- Vytautas Mažiulis, Lithuanian linguist
- Vytautas Merkys, Lithuanian historian
- Vytautas Miškinis, Lithuanian composer and conductor
- Vytautas Montvila, Lithuanian composer, bassoonist and sound engineer
- Vytautas Paliūnas, Lithuanian politician
- Vytautas Petrulis, Lithuanian politician, former Prime Minister of Lithuania
- Vytautas Petras Plečkaitis, Lithuanian politician
- Vytautas Pociūnas, Lithuanian physicist, politician and diplomat
- Vytautas Adolfas Puplauskas, Lithuanian politician
- Vytautas Sakalauskas, Lithuanian Soviet politician
- Vytautas Stanionis, Lithuanian photographer
- Vytautas Straižys, Lithuanian astronomer
- Vytautas Šulskis, Lithuanian basketball player
- Vytautas Šustauskas, Lithuanian politician
- Vytautas Vaičikonis, Lithuanian sprint canoeist
- Vytautas Valius, Lithuanian painter and graphic designer
- Vytautas Vičiulis, Lithuanian painter, antiques restorer and anti-Soviet protester
- Vytautas Žalakevičius, Lithuanian film director and writer